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Language Leader Pre-Intermediate Test A – Unit 8
1 Use the words in the box to complete the sentences.
sleep in sleep for sleepless sleep well sleep through doze sleepy wake up fall
asleep
0 I don’t go to the cinema. I always sleep through the whole film.
1 I have been studying very hard. I didn’t ______________ three days!
2 Don’t expect me at work tomorrow morning. I’m going to ________________.
3 My grandfather always has a ______________ in the afternoons.
4 _____________, David! You’re going to be late.
5 Good night! _______________.
6 He looks very tired. I think he had another ______________ night.
7 I think it’s time for bed. I’m very _______________.
8 I always have a glass of water before I _______________.
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2 Complete the sentences using the correct verb patterns.
0 Esra / enjoy / work / at hotel.
Esra enjoys working at the hotel._____
1 Scientists / seem / know / cure.
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2 I / look forward / meet / you.
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3 You / need / say / more / about / this topic.
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4 I / not / like / swim / in winter.
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5 The body / keep / work / 24 hours / a day.
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6 The Americans / succeed / land / on the moon / 1969.
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7 You / manage / find / the answer / to my question.
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8 Babies / tend / sleep / on their backs.
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3 Decide whether the missing word uses -ing or -ed.
0 This lesson is very _____________.
1 The news ______________ all of us.
2 Having three children is very _____________.
3 What an ____________ story!
4 Historians are ______________ by discoveries of new documents.
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4 Choose the correct word.
0 This person works in a school. __b__
a) engineer b) teacher c) nurse d) office worker
1 This person has to wear a uniform.
a) astronomer b) police officer c) baker d) cleaner
2 This person has to use the telephone all the time.
a) security guard b) engineer c)baker d) call-centre worker
3 This job can only be done at night.
a) astronomer b) cleaner c) engineer d) nurse
4 This person works with sick people.
a) baker b) astronomer c) nurse d) security guard
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5 Rewrite the sentences using going to or hoping to for future intentions.
0 David and I have planned to visit Paris this weekend.
_We are going to visit Paris this weekend.
1 What would you prefer to do when you leave university?
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2 The new government would like to increase taxes next year.
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3 They are not publishing the book this week.
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4 I intend to give the results at the next meeting.
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5 I know I don’t have much time but I want to see three more people before we finish.
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6 When does Turkey plan to join the EU?
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7 Krakow has decided to have a new festival in December.
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8 I don’t want to be in class when the lecturer gives the results.
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6 Rewrite the sentences from the dialogue, replacing the underlined mistakes with the
correct word.
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A. What would we do tonight? __shall____
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B. I don’t think. I’m easy. What do you want to do? __________
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A. Well, I’d adore to see the new James Bond movie. __________
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B. Oh! I’m not keeping on Bond movies. They’re silly. __________
A. Let’s look at the paper. I’d happier see a film than go to a restaurant.
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B. I don’t feel a film. I’ll fall asleep. __________
A. Hmm….. well.
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B. I’d rather to go to the theatre. __________
A. How about the new David James play?
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B. Celia Waters is better that David James. __________
A. But I can’t see her plays in the paper. I think you had rather stay at home!
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